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ALGUM, ALMUG

Algum (Heb. ʾalgûmîm; 2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10-11) and almug (ʾalmuggîm; 1 Kgs. 10:11-12) are considered to be the same wood, red saunders or red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santolinus L. f.). Red sandalwood is heavy, hard, and close-grained and would have been suitable for the supports and instruments Solomon had made from algum. It also carries a pleasant scent.

Red sandalwood is native to India and East Asia, one of many possible locations for Ophir. Though 2 Chr. 2:8 reports that Solomon requested algum from Lebanon, 9:10-11 says that it was brought from Ophir.

Megan Bishop Moore






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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